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16mm films, videotapes and sound recordings from British Railways Research, Derby

Collection of approximately 480 items from British Railways Research, Derby, documenting research, procedures and locomotive tests. Mainly 16mm film reels, as well as one 35mm film reel, one 8mm film reel, one Super 8 film reel, 10 sound recordings and 2 video recordings.

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Recorded notes on a study relating to ISO containers and Elevated Twist Locks. Includes a description of a model depicting a new style of freigt yard with no cranes.

Audio cassette 'Elevating Twist Lock'

One magnetic reel-to-reel 1/4" audio tape, sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set from British Rail Research. The lecture set comprised audio and film, however the film reel is missing.

1/4 inch magnetic audio tape of sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set

1000 feet reel, no note or label / Brand 3M Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Company Ltd., Birmingham

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'untitled'

Audio cassette, sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set from British Rail Research. The lecture set comprised audio and film, however the film reel is missing.

Audio cassette of sound recording for George Stephenson Lecture Set

Print; U131 / 07/1981 / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Mould Work reel 2'

1981
Offcuts; X43 / Title according BRB X series list / BR Research roll No.224 / 12/06/1973 / Colour, Silent / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Foam Drag Test'

Print; I57 / First frames with long explanatory titles / Note following title: "…with 20' 9" wheelbase on roller rig, IV tare cond", "Two sections removed August 1976 on MR Wickens instructions in both instances a short piece of black film has been inserted to mark the position" / B&W, Silent;400 feet cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Prototype UIC suspension container carrying vehicle'

1976
Copy; X37 / TACT BBC TV Tomorrow's World on can / BTF label / Colour, Optical sound; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'TACT'

Print; I77/2 / Lane End Prods Ltd on Reeds label / Colour, Silent / Reversal print;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Computer Train Control'

Print; I56 / Taken by CME according note on label / 100 feet / B&W, Silent;400 feet cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm '35 ton 2 axle wagon flat'

Print; X109 / APT M22, 26, 27 written on label / B&W, Silent / Reversal print;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Bridge Arm Cal - APT M22, 26, 27'

British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Work on overhead, Mattress fire test'

British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Smoke tests MKIII coach'

Print; U28 / Can almost empty, only a detailed shot list and few feet of films with title "Engineering Research Division British Railway Board Derby" no pictures, no reel / Note on label: "September 1976, for AW titles removed film from I93/1 added to end (APT runs)";400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Dynamics of Railway Vehicles'

1976
Print; U111 / 06/04/1979 / B&W, Silent / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Testing of Bcf Fire Extinguisher'

1979
Copy; I73/2 / Title on BTF label and first frames along with BR double arrow logo / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Automatic Warning System with Cab Signalling Display'

Print; Piles with note by Alan Willmott, 17/11/2010, "All films from various sources, non BTF" / Square metal canister inside white cardboard box / I69 / "Master" / BTF written and 1969 on leader / "Wind tunnel test on APT" / Approx. 440 feet on 800 feet reel / Printed leader: BTF (R&R) J4007 R39, 09/05/1968 / Colour, silent / Close-up shots of wooden model in wind tunnel, movement of middle piece, other model with threads in various places, movement of threads with wind; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'APT model in wind tunnel'

1968
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fire test mattress'

Negative Master; U126 / October 1980 / BR Research roll No.270 / Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Railbus reel 1 of 2'

1980
Negative Master; X127 / 10/11/1983 / BR Research roll No.406 / Colour, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Gunshot at Door'

1983
Print; X30 / 28/01/1980 / Title according BRB X series list / Title according BTF label inside can: Derby (experiment), Roll 93 / Colour, Silent; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Derailment Tests'

Print; Metal canister inside white cardboard box / I42 / G589M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd, London, label / "Metal hub" / Small bits of film rolled on reel, some with titles / Title not on can but from I series list; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Wagon shunting tests'

1965
Print; X123 / Colour, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Drop Hammer'

Original camera; U123 / Assembled reversal / Colour, Silent / Can 4 of 6 / Reversal;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Thermal Buckling of CWR, the old Dalby site experiments'

210 feet reel / Title as handwritten notes for side 1 and 2, almost erased on box, 20 min recording in total according note

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" '[E OG B Rail Wa…] Locomotive development'

Copy; Railway Industry Association on can / COI label / Reels 1 & 2 on one reel / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'British Locomotives'

Print; U65 / 11/11/1975 / Colour, Silent / Magenta / "Master filled as U67";400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Smoke Test in Sodium Cell Room'

1975
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fire tests on seats

Original camera; X81 / "reel 3" on can / "Preliminary work on site" title on first frames / B&W, Silent / Edited original or duplicate reversal; 400 feet black metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Surface Cleaning'

Copy; X40, actually same I94 / BBC copyright / BBC enterprises Film Library Sales label / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Negative + Print; U33 / 1972 / 2 reels in each can / Cans 1 and 3 of 5;1000 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Silica Gun'

1972
Copy; Inside brown film travel box / X85 / According box post label, sent from Armco Ltd. London to Mr B.J.M. Purcell in Dublin / Armco label on can / Title on first frames followed by credits: "presented by the ARMCO International Corporation, Wilding Picture Productions" / B&W or colour?, Optical sound; 1200 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Economy Through Flexibility'

Negative Master; U20 / May 1971 / B&W, Silent / Can 1 of 1;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Driving Simulation Film'

1971
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fire tests on seats'

British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fire tests'

Copy; T/W Autowagon, "Copy G", BTF, on label / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Print; BR Research roll No.352 / 09/11/1979 / Colour / Can't open can; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rail fracture Caused by Impact Coaling'

1979
Print; X87 / "Shortened version, 2min", "very low damping evident" / Title on first frames: "Magnetic levitation" along with BR logo / Colour, Silent / Magenta, dust and scratches / Approx. 100 feet / Title on first frames ' Magnetic levitation', footage of Maglev vehicle moving on tracks, including close-ups; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Film of Maglev vehicle'

Print; U73, not written on can / 11/11/1976 / B&W, Silent / Can 5 of 5; 1000 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'High Speed Impact Test (Rolls Royce)'

1976
Original camera; Metal canister inside cardboard case / X36 (U89) / Title according BRB X series list / Title on can: Standard BR Double Bolster Bogie18/01/1962 / "Worn condition", "York - Darlington - York", "Weather Dry and Sunny" / Note inside can to Mr Mason about storing the film which is the one of a series of 2 or 3, taken for the Loco, Carriage and Wagon development unit in Darlington prior centralisation in 1967 / Colour, Silent / Edited original reversal; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Bogie Bolster Test'

Negative Master; X47 / Marconi Research laboratories Great Baddow Essex label / 100 feet / B&W, Silent; 100 feet Eastman Kodak yellow case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'x2000 Dartford loop'

Original camera; Metal canister inside cardboard case / I36 / "Preparation and Calibration of Strain measuring bolts" / B&W, Silent / Edited original reversal; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Chepstow-Manufacture Calibration of High Tensile Bolts'

1965
Negative Master; U28 / + "HSFVI at old Dalby" according label / 18/04/1975 / Intermediate negative / Title on first frames: "Engineering Research Division British Railways Board Derby" / B&W, Silent;800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Dynamics of Railway Vehicles'

1975
Original camera; U33 / 04/09/1972 / BR Research roll No.195 / Colour, Silent / Can 4 of 5 / Reversal;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Silica Gun'

1972
Original camera; U16 / March 1971 / Colour, Silent / First frames are film clap with "Test film Bolex II" written on it / Can 1 of 1 / Reversal;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Elect Div. Test Film'

1971
Print; I80 / BR Research / CM&EE / B&W, Silent;800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Riding Tests Scotland'

Negative + Print; I59 / 2 rolls in can, negative and print with same first frames (close-up on part of mechanism) / B&W, Silent;100 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Negative and Print 159'

Negative + Print; U36 / 13/10/1972 and 18/06/1973 / B&W / Note in can "Technical film only - Both negative and positive at different times for printing stills", "white stickers in various places on both rolls";400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Ultra Sonic Pulses in Water'

1972
Negative Master; X120 / BR Research roll No.398 / 04/07/1983 / 64 fps / Colour, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Madeley [Maglev]'

1983
Print; U118 / 12/11/1979 / Colour, Silent / Good colour conservation / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Curving Trials reel 2'

1979